I'd like to create a 'forward' button that allows my users to scroll ahead to the beginning of the next .swf. I'm trying to use code such as the following but nothing is happening: fwdBtn.onRelease = function() { gotoAndStop("storage"); } Any ideas on why this is not worki...more >>

hello, i am inserting a flash eyecandy to my .htm dreamweaver page and i am trying to turn that little movie/candy to a button that will link to a new html page on my site. I dont knwo flash too well but I was able to create the button but I couldnt see the option that will allow me to giv...more >>

I am new to Flash and am having difficulty making a motion and/or shape tween between two graphic files. Can anyone steer me in the proper direction? Thanks!...more >>

Hi All, I was playing around with a logo transition and I like the final, but the original layout was a little upper left of center. I added a circle behind the logo at the end and now the circle clips off at the top. I would like to recenter everything at once, but don't know how or if po...more >>

Well, I'm a Flash novice and just built my first full animation. It is fairly jerky, and I assume that increasing the frame rate would help that. Is there anyway to change the frame rate of the document and have it automatically add frames appropriately, or am I going to have to do it manual...more >>

Pretty sure this is easy, but here's the situation. I have 4 movie clips with buttons in them with onMouseOver's goto frame 2. But I only want one movie clip on frame 2 at a time. Is there anyway inside a movie clip button to onMouseOver reset a different movie clip back to frame one? ...more >>

This is very confusing. ...more >>

Hello, I created a flash file with buttons that are set by a txt file and up untill yesterday i had no problems but yesterday i changed the url in the text file to another address and know the netscape 7.2 browser will not display the changes, it keeps displaying the old addresses. I am fig...more >>

can anyone help in this prob. i just want to send few value from flash to a txt file. ...more >>

Is it possible to import/insert an asp page into a flash movie? Thanks in advance for your time and effort... Cheers...more >>

Hello All, Does anyone know if it's possible to create a flash app a certain size (for example : 800 x 600) and yet make the projector .exe file fullscreen and not have it scale? When it goes fullscreen, basically I just want it to fill with the background color... but not scale any image...more >>

Hello All, Does anyone know if it's possible to create a flash app a certain size (for example : 800 x 600) and yet make the projector .exe file fullscreen and not have it scale? When it goes fullscreen, basically I just want it to fill with the background color... but not scale any image...more >>

Hi there I have been trying to implement the fix for the click to control using the swfobject on the site www.mosaicpropertyllp.com www.mosaicpropertyllp.com/flashfix.html the first link shows how the site should look with trasparent backgrounds, and the second using swfobject w...more >>

Hello to evry one .. so there is the problem : http://www.goworldlight.com/chart.html http://goworldlight.com/chart.html i dont know about you but i dont see any thing when i put 'www' ! what the problem ? ...more >>

I am attempting to use a network group policy - software installation to distribute Flash Player 9 to all of my network clients (mixture of Windows 2000 and XP Professional). I have obtained a license and downloaded the relevant MSI file, created a deployment package and tested on a client. Su...more >>

I am creating an online quiz using flash. I want to able to create a match list question where there is a term on one side and a definition on the other. I want the user to be able to draw a line from the term and match it to the defintion. Any ides on how to do this? ...more >>

HI ALL I;m having a problem with a flash project : When i export to projector(.exe) format i cannot see a drop shadow for a movieclip that appears when i start the usual .swf project I;m really very mad about this .. Does anyone know something about this ? ??? Thanks. Valki. ...more >>

Heya I have a video in FLV format embed into my document. I added an instance on the stage before export. Now between frame 73 and frame 120 I have a loop. When I loop this by manipulating the timeline it has a side effect. The movie jerks as it tracks back to the first frame in the ...more >>

[b]I downloaded it with IE, and then the animetion showed up and it said that it was fully installed, but how do I use it? there's now icon on the desktop...Please Help Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/b] :sad; ...more >>

I'm trying to use JSFL to automatically generate some content in FLA files, but having problems. For instance, the following script... var genTemplateFilename = "file:///C:/_Stuff/Dev/Flash/gen_test/template.fla"; var genFLAFilename = "file:///C:/_Stuff/Dev/Flash/gen_test/test.fla"; ...more >>

Ok so I have all the puctures in different layers. I convert one of them to a movie clip and put this in the action box: on (press) { startDrag (""); } on (release) { stopDrag (); } But it dosn't work and I get this: **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 2, frame=1:Line 1: Mo...more >>

I currently cannot download anything while using my MSN browser. I'm not all too sure of what the problem is at the moment, but I need to have the newest version of Flash in order to accomplish what I want to use it for. Firefox is my main browser but certain websites only work optimally with ...more >>

Hi guys, Thanks for checking out me post! I'm trying to scroll a dynamic text box. There's only one frame to play with due to the way the site has been built. There's a few things I've tried but it never works - no matter how many tutorials I check out or how many changes I make; I j...more >>

Hi I have inserted a flash video onto a blank page, uploaded all files but the video does not display and IE syays there is a javascript error. Please see http://www.vinylnet.co.uk/video.asp Thanks, James ...more >>

I am VERY new to Flash. I bought a template and figured out how to change everything that I needed to in the first day. Now its been about a month since then, and I cannot find any forums or tutorials on how to upload it to my website. I am sure some of you could help me in a matter of minutes...more >>

Hi, 2 Questions: 1. From where can I download just the latest version of Flash Player to install on my PC and to distribute it as a merge module with setups I author. 2. I've had major problems with the Windows Installer error 1406, when I was trying to register flash.ocx and the exi...more >>

hey all - i have been assigned to complete a website that was originally developed by an external vendor using Flash. while i have had Flash for quite awhile, i never really explored the power of it. now, i'm in desperate need of help and i submit to you, o gurus. it's a menu system...more >>

When creating a Flash Movie and burning it onto a disk, how do you get the movie to automatically load when you put the cd into the computer? What is the process? Thank you?...more >>

Hi, New to flash and scripting. I have about a 1000 .avi files to import(embed,separate sound,encode low flash 8) into a pre-made template (5 timeline layers and a graphic), position and attach a separated video item and audio item. Then save as a .fla files under an edited file name. I...more >>

Can someone tell me how to make a focus rectangle visible without tabbing. i.e. via code something like that below: I know its possible because I've done it before and can't remember how I did it. Thanks in advance. my_txt.onSetFocus = function () { my_txt._focusrect._visible = ...more >>

The problem: A coworker and myself are unable to view Flash animations or videos and we are also unable to install Flash 8 or 9 or 7. We previously had Flash 8 Player installed and working. As of the past two days or so - Flash has disappeared from our systems and we cannot install it. T...more >>

(MX Prof 04) Hey Is it possible to fill an object with a graphic from the library rather than a solid colour, gradient or bitmap? If so please explain ^_^ Thanks TYP...more >>

Hello to avry one ... have small problem , i am not flash expert but still understand rotation function it's easy but not with text field ! [b] //this is macromedia exemple var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); my_fmt.font = "my font"; this.createTextField("my_txt", this.g...more >>

hi, i need to know this option in pencil tool properties & difference about them : Scale ( Normal - Horizontal - Vertical & None ) Cap ( None & Square ) thanks inadvance...more >>

I have a project that requires a close button. The final project will a swf file. Not a HTML file and not an exe file. I just want to be able to click on a btn and close the flash player. Is this possible? ...more >>

I am doing a site with flash buttons and every tim i go to a new page and roll over the buttons section a bounding box comes up around everything that is flash. When you roll over it, it tells you to click to activate this control. it works fine in mozilla but not in explorer. I havent had...more >>

Hi I have created a drag and drop game, the drag and drop is working alright however once the right word has been placed in the box, and moves on to the next question the previous correct answer stays where it was placed, how can i get it to snap back to its original location? Also when the ri...more >>

I'm trying to create a simple product slideshow (similar to this [u]http://www.landbigfish.com/gallery/slider.cfm[/u]) that continuously moves from right to left and then loops when it reaches the end. The images load from an xml file. Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

The skin shows up when I test the page locally, however, when I upload the page and test it online there are no controls or skin for the flv. I am progressively streaming from a server. The auto hide is turned off. I'm sure there is an easy fix. Help me! Cori ...more >>

I have built a Flash file that displays database content. I would like to use the exact same Flash swf file on different HTML pages, but display different content from my database connection. How does one basically go about achieving this (I don't like cookie solutions)? My database has a ...more >>

Hello, I'll direct your attention to ID software's homepage, http://idsoftware.com. You can see by looking at the source that each blog entry headline is a reference to an .swf file with a query. For example: http://www.idsoftware.com/ie-header.swf?prefix=A&date=Jun.+23%2C+2006+-+&title=J ...more >>

I am using loadVariablesNum to load variables that contain urls. The problem is the URLs hace ampersands in them(&) Is there a way to escape the ampersands?...more >>

I found that when I export a Keynote (Version 3) file to Flash, I loose a whole lot of functionality, namely motion. Has anyone attempted to import a Keynote (Version 3) file, that was saved as a QuickTime file, into FLASH? If so, did you experience any degredation from the original Keynote fi...more >>

I saw this effect on the website template at templatemonster and was wondering if someone know how has a tutorial how to do it you go here to preview templatemonster.com/website-templates/10795.html I like the way the blocks transition from one pic to another any help would be greatly...more >>

Hey, I have a flash movie that uses PHP to pull data from a MYSQL database. Everything works great; however, whenever I update any records in the database, those updates are not displayed in the movie... even if I refresh the page. In order to view the new content, I have to delete all m...more >>

Hi I am having problems in publishing a file done in Flash- a logo spinning, and I want the background to be transparent. Under Publish Settings, I have the following: ALPHA: Alpha-transparent Layer: Auto And checked the Flatten (Make self-contained). However when I import the file in...more >>

Currently working on a game in flash, the first one is on newgrounds: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/321636 If you are interested please respond below. Programers are welcome too, although there is less of a need. Currently working on: Fronts of buildings for cities (13 different ones) var...more >>

Hi all! I am building my first Flash website and have a small problem. I am building it using individual SWF files for each page. However, when I click a button to navigate from one page to another, I am getting a flashing blank screen for just a split second. What i mean is, it doesn't ...more >>

I'm creating a button that uses static text as both content and as a mask (to create an inner shadow effect). The static text is in a symbol. It looks perfect in the IDE, but when I test the movie or publish it, the mask doesn't work. I originally had the text in a graphic symbol and that...more >>

Hi All, I Need to know the following: Say I have 4 MC's and I want to play them one after another what is the best way to do it. Shane...more >>